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Sky-ITV: UK Culture Secretary “Minded To Intervene” Over $2.1B Merger

Deadline · October 15, 2026 at 8:09 AM

Sky-ITV: UK Culture Secretary “Minded To Intervene” Over $2.1B Merger

The UK culture secretary is “minded to intervene” on the £1.6B Sky-ITV deal.

Lisa Nandy is intervening over “public interest considerations” as she cites “the need for free expression of opinion in news media,” “The need for aa sufficient plurality of views in news media in each market” and “The need for the availability throughout […]

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Sky-ITV: UK Culture Secretary “Minded To Intervene” Over $2.1B Merger

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